page_title: Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás
section_title: The Sanctuary
hierarchical_section_title: Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás / The Sanctuary
caption_attribution_description: Español: Santuario de la Virgen del Rosario de San Nicolás. San Nicolás de los Arroyos. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina.
context_page_description: Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás is, in Catholicism, a title of veneration of the Virgin Mary associated with a reported private revelation to Gladys Quiroga de Motta, a middle-aged housewife, beginning in the 1980s in city of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina. Quiroga said that she was tasked with promoting devotion to the Mother of God under this title, with an emphasis on key passages in the Bible and a particular mystical stellar symbolism. The devotional image, that of a standing Madonna offering rosary beads to the faithful, resembles that of Our Lady of Mount Carmel offering the scapular to St. Simon Stock, while differing from traditional Dominican Seat-of-Wisdom-type depictions of Our Lady of the Rosary popularized by the Order of Preachers.
  The pilgrimage site, named in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás erected in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, is one of the most important in Argentina.
context_section_description: The Marian shrine was built according to plans to accommodate 8,000 to 9,000 people standing within the ground floor and special mezzanines. Additional terraces and esplanades were built to accommodate greater numbers at outdoor events.
  The 24-meter diameter dome (exterior 27 meters), comprising a vertical arrangement of 64 sections of reinforced concrete faced on the exterior with copper plating, is visible from many locations in the city. Construction in currently 70% complete.
  On 25 May 2014 the interior of the Sanctuary was inaugurated in its entirety.
caption: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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